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Genetic and regulatory mechanism of susceptibility to high-hyperdiploid acute lymphoblastic leukaemia at 10p21.2.
Nature communications - 3 Mar 2017
Studd James B, Vijayakrishnan Jayaram, Yang Minjun, Migliorini Gabriele, Paulsson Kajsa, Houlston Richard S
Abstract excerpt
Despite high-hyperdiploid acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (HD-ALL) being the most common subgroup of paediatric ALL, its aetiology remains unknown. Genome-wide association studies have demonstrated association at 10q21.2. Here, we sought to determine how this region influences HD-ALL risk. We impute genotypes across the locus, finding the single nucleotide polymorphism rs7090445 highly associated with HD-ALL...
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